Associate Maritime Civil Engineer

Royal HaskoningDHV; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Engineer Specialists - Civil and Structural Engineering - Maritime - Junior

Royal HaskoningDHV has been connecting people for 140 years. Together, through our expertise and passion, we have helped contribute to a better society and improved people’s lives with work underpinned by our sustainable values and goals. We are an independent international engineering and project management consultancy leading the way in sustainable development and innovation.

We are commercial savvy engineers, project managers and consultants who design smart cities, airports, ports, buildings and more. We reinvent industries; co-create clean energy and fresh water by using smart data and digitizing information flows and models. More and more, we connect the digital with the real world at an accelerating pace. Working together with our clients and partners, we use data and algorithms to translate insights into foresights. We help our clients in their digital transformation, and we support our clients’ business with better and faster execution of their ambitions. We enhance society together!

A little background on our Maritime Team:

Royal HaskoningDHV are at the forefront of innovative maritime planning, design and development, and our teams of multi-disciplinary experts have assisted our international clientele to create successful ports and maritime infrastructure worldwide. We have provided expert commercial, technical and operational advice and created master plans across the five continents for a wide range of port projects.

We are one of the largest and most experienced teams of port and marine structures designers globally and we are world leaders in the production of port feasibility studies and designs. You’ll be part of the Edinburgh Maritime Team led by our Associate Director. The Edinburgh office is part of a larger UK maritime team across 5 UK offices.

The Role:

The role will require you to use your technical training and practical experience to contribute to the development of engineering design solutions for maritime civil engineering structures and elements in steel, concrete, timber and other materials to relevant design codes. You will have engineering input in all project stages from inception, through design and construction, to demolition, recycling and reuse.

General Responsibilities:

• Prepare designs and analyses for maritime and associated structures, from initial concepts through to detailed designs, including:
• Collect and collate design data.
• Carry out inspections and surveys.
• Produce design calculations, check and review calculations produced by others.
• Produce sketch drawings and details for CAD drafting by others (in Revit environment if you can but detailed drafting/modelling by modellers), check and review these prior to issue.
• Prepare draft Bills of Quantities, Contract Documents and Specifications.
• Prepare reports and presentations.
• Undertake structural analyses and reporting.
• Provide engineering judgment and advice; contribute to preparation of study reports.
• Commercial and technical management of projects within the office, ensuring projects show a profitable result and are completed to an agreed programme. You’ll also contribute to the development of the client base of our UK maritime team through the production of proposals.

What we feel is the required skills and experience:

• Analytical Ability – ability to undertake design and analysis work with support from senior engineers for complex tasks.
• Communication Skills – can clearly articulate orally and in writing the reasons behind your decisions.
• Client Orientation – understands the importance of the client’s perception of the organisation. Maintains a professional client-facing approach.
• Conceptual Ability – capable of undertaking design from concept to ready for construction.
• Problem Solving – can think laterally and develop solutions to problems with others and on your own.
• Relationship Building – builds a network within the immediate team, and the wider organisation.
• Solution Orientation – can deliver the project objective without losing focus in the detail.
• Organised and Structured – The way we work requires structured data storage to ensure we can extract information from our projects and archives. Need to be organised, disciplined, structured and consistent in the way you work.
• Personable – approachable, relatable and empathetic.
• Civil or Structural Engineering Degree (or equivalent).
• Background in Maritime structures.
• Based in Edinburgh and willing to travel occasionally throughout the UK and overseas.
• Working towards Chartership.

What we can offer you:

Ambitious. Exciting. Lively. Collaborative. Dynamic. That’s how our colleagues describe our company. Want to contribute to enhancing society with your expertise? Be part of an open network where you’re connected with the brightest and smartest people and technologies? Join us!

You can look forward to growing your career in a dynamic workplace with development opportunities and support on your career path. We have flexible working models to ensure a balance of family and working life.